FLINT is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. FLINT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FLINT?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FLINT is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FLINT
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FLINT scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in FLINT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 29,046.
What does FLINT mean in Scrabble?
noun
A hard, fine-grained form of quartz that produces sparks when struck against steel, historically shaped into tools and used to start fires.
Early humans chipped flint into sharp-edged blades, arrowheads, and scrapers long before metal tools existed, prizing the stone because it fractures into predictable, razor-sharp flakes. Strike a piece of flint against steel and it throws off tiny hot sparks, a property later built into flintlock firearms and still used today in cigarette lighters that contain a small flint wheel. Because flint tools survive for thousands of years in the ground, archaeologists often use scattered flint fragments to identify ancient settlements. The word can also describe a personality that is unusually hard or unyielding, as in a flint-eyed stare.
How FLINT is used
Used literally for the mineral and its tools, and figuratively for a hard, unyielding character or expression.
- The archaeologist found a flint arrowhead in the field.
- He struck the flint against steel to start the campfire.
- The old lighter needed a new flint to spark properly.
- Her flint stare silenced the room instantly.
- Prehistoric tools were often carved from flint.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FLINT and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FLINT
18 longer words begin with FLINT.
Words ending in FLINT
2 words end in FLINT. Useful as a back hook: play FLINT onto a word already on the board.
Words with FLINT inside
7 words contain FLINT in the middle. Words that start with FLINT are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in FLINT
Common questions about FLINT
- Is FLINT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FLINT, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FLINT worth?
- FLINT is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FLINT mean?
- A hard, fine-grained form of quartz that produces sparks when struck against steel, historically shaped into tools and used to start fires.
- What letters can be added to FLINT?
- FLINT takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of FLINT:
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